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'''May 2014 Update Public Version'''


Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) May 2014 Update, Private Version


This list is restricted to the nine principals on the Harvard Open Access Project, HOAP research assistants Emily Kilcer, Andrea Bernard, Amanda Page, the Program Manager at the Office for Scholarly Communication (Sue Kriegsman), and a Berkman staffer, Adam Holland.
[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (HOAP) April 2014 Update, Public Version
Please let us know if you would suggest we add others to this list.
Welcome to the HOAP discussion list! This list is designed to share monthly updates, conversations, and information about the Harvard Open Access Project. Some of HOAP's work is confidential, such as consulting with institutions about their OA policies. The public updates therefore provide information on the rest of our work.
These updates are publicly available for community members, partners, and other interested parties. Feel free to share them with your networks.
For questions or additions, please contact Adam Holland (aholland@cyber.law.harvard.edu).


In addition to sharing updates, conversations, and information on HOAP, we will use this list to share monthly updates with the core group. Please note that these updates will include private and confidential information; please do not circulate them publicly.


Building off these updates, we will also create versions that will be made publicly available for community members, partners, and other interested parties. Feel free to share the public versions of these updates with your networks.
'''May 2014 Update Public Version'''


For questions or additions, please contact Adam Holland (aholland@cyber.law.harvard.edu).


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=I.    Ongoing Work=
 
==OPEN ACCESS DIRECTORY==
 
*Peter and HOAP research assistant Andrea Bernard continue to update and expand the [http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page Open Access Directory] (OAD).
 


Update, Private Version, May 2014
==SOCIETIES AND OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH==


*Peter, Caroline Sutton, and HOAP research assistant Amanda Page continue to update and expand their [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Societies_and_Open_Access_Research catalog of open-access journals published by scholarly societies.]


I.    Ongoing Work
=II.    Events=


OPEN ACCESS DIRECTORY
==MEETINGS AND TALKS==
Peter and HOAP research assistant Andrea Bernard continue to update and expand the Open Access Directory (OAD).


SOCIETIES AND OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH
*Peter helped celebrate the sixth birthday of the Open Access Directory (OAD) on April 30, 2014, at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He is a co-founder of the OAD.
Peter, Caroline Sutton, and HOAP research assistant Amanda Page continue to update and expand their catalog of open-access journals published by scholarly societies.
*Peter [http://www.wellesley.edu/openaccess spoke on open access] at Wellesley College on May 13, 2014.
*Peter Suber and Peter Hirtle led a two-hour session for Berkman Fellows on May 20, 2014, on how authors should decide what they want from a publishing contract, and how to read a contract to see how well it delivers what they want.​




II.   Events
=III.       Work with Other Institutions=


MEETINGS AND TALKS
==ADVOCACY==


Peter spoke on open access and copyright at a panel discussion hosted by DARTH (Digital Arts & Humanities at Harvard University) Crimson, at Harvard Law School, April 1, 2014.
*Four HOAP principals are key players in the new Authors Alliance, launched May 21, 2014. Bob Darnton and Jonathan Zittrain are on the Advisory Board, and Stuart Shieber and Peter Suber are among the founding members.
Peter spoke on open access by teleconference to Morningside College on April 14, 2014.
The Harvard Library published an interview with Peter Suber on the 23 takedown notices Elsevier sent to Harvard last fall.
Peter helped celebrate the sixth birthday of the Open Access Directory (OAD) on April 30, 2014, at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He is a co-founder of the OAD.
Peter spoke on open access at Wellesley College on May 13, 2014.
Peter Suber and Peter Hirtle led a two-hour session for Berkman Fellows on May 20, 2014, on how authors should decide what they want from a publishing contract, and how to read a contract to see how well it delivers what they want.​




III.      Work with Other Institutions


CONSULTATIONS
=IV.   Technical Developments=
Confidential. Peter started consulting with the University of North Carolina about an OA policy.
Confidential. Peter started consulting with Cornell University on an OA policy.


ADVOCACY
==TAGTEAM PROGRESS==
Four HOAP principals are key players in the new Authors Alliance, launched May 21, 2014. Bob Darnton and Jonathan Zittrain are on the Advisory Board, and Stuart Shieber and Peter Suber are among the founding members.


*HOAP developed TagTeam 1.0 in 2011-2012, and launched version 1.5.2 on April 10, 2014.


*HOAP's primary objective in developing TagTeam is to enhance the Open Access Tracking Project (OATP), which moved to TagTeam in September 2012. However, HOAP is developing TagTeam as a general-purpose tool useful for social-tagging projects on any topic. The development is funded by the Harvard Library Lab.


IV.    Technical Developments


TAGTEAM PROGRESS
HOAP developed TagTeam 1.0 in 2011-2012, and launched version 1.5.2 on April 10, 2014.


HOAP's primary objective in developing TagTeam is to enhance the Open Access Tracking Project (OATP), which moved to TagTeam in September 2012. However, HOAP is developing TagTeam as a general-purpose tool useful for social-tagging projects on any topic. The development is funded by the Harvard Library Lab.


=V.      Related Resources=


V.     Related Resources
*[http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcyber.law.harvard.edu%2Fhoap%2FMain_Page&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEFaZNGjYfRxPTf5Ol8YIlAHmXgVA HOAP Wiki]
HOAP Wiki
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Main_Page Guide to good practices for university open-access policies] (first released on October 17, 2012; last updated on October 21, 2013)
Guide to good practices for university open-access policies (first released on October 17, 2012; last updated on October 21, 2013)
**To obtain a print version of the good-practices guide, please send mailing information to Adam Holland.
To obtain a print version of the good-practices guide, please send mailing information to Adam Holland. An interactive PDF can be found here.
** An interactive PDF can be found [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Other_formats_for_this_guide]here.
Open Access (MIT Press, 2012), updates and supplements
*[https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/open-access Open Access] (MIT Press, 2012), [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_%28the_book%29 updates and supplements]
Open Access Directory
*[http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page Open Access Directory]
Open Access Tracking Project
*[http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_tracking_project Open Access Tracking Project]
Societies and Open Access Research
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Societies_and_Open_Access_Research Societies and Open Access Research]
TagTeam
*[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Intro_to_TagTeam TagTeam]

Revision as of 14:20, 30 September 2014

May 2014 Update Public Version


Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP) April 2014 Update, Public Version

Welcome to the HOAP discussion list! This list is designed to share monthly updates, conversations, and information about the Harvard Open Access Project. Some of HOAP's work is confidential, such as consulting with institutions about their OA policies. The public updates therefore provide information on the rest of our work.

These updates are publicly available for community members, partners, and other interested parties. Feel free to share them with your networks.

For questions or additions, please contact Adam Holland (aholland@cyber.law.harvard.edu). 


May 2014 Update Public Version


I. Ongoing Work

OPEN ACCESS DIRECTORY

  • Peter and HOAP research assistant Andrea Bernard continue to update and expand the Open Access Directory (OAD).


SOCIETIES AND OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH

II. Events

MEETINGS AND TALKS

  • Peter helped celebrate the sixth birthday of the Open Access Directory (OAD) on April 30, 2014, at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He is a co-founder of the OAD.
  • Peter spoke on open access at Wellesley College on May 13, 2014.
  • Peter Suber and Peter Hirtle led a two-hour session for Berkman Fellows on May 20, 2014, on how authors should decide what they want from a publishing contract, and how to read a contract to see how well it delivers what they want.​


III. Work with Other Institutions

ADVOCACY

  • Four HOAP principals are key players in the new Authors Alliance, launched May 21, 2014. Bob Darnton and Jonathan Zittrain are on the Advisory Board, and Stuart Shieber and Peter Suber are among the founding members.


IV. Technical Developments

TAGTEAM PROGRESS

  • HOAP developed TagTeam 1.0 in 2011-2012, and launched version 1.5.2 on April 10, 2014.
  • HOAP's primary objective in developing TagTeam is to enhance the Open Access Tracking Project (OATP), which moved to TagTeam in September 2012. However, HOAP is developing TagTeam as a general-purpose tool useful for social-tagging projects on any topic. The development is funded by the Harvard Library Lab.



V. Related Resources

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